Scents And Sensibility, Save Detroit's Art & More!

July 25, 2013 Subscribe · Forward A Journey Through The World Of Smell Smell artist? Provocateur? Professional "In-betweener"? It's hard to describe what you do when you work in the largely unchartered terrain of smell. Especially smell freed from the limiting binary of good and bad, of exotic perfumes and wine aromas. Why is smell the most primary and primitive, and yet the most underrated sense? Can an abstract smell molecule portray or convey a specific learned meaning by itself? Can one get rid of prejudices against certain smells, and how?  Continue reading... Giant Blue Cockerel Roosts In Trafalgar Square 10 Reasons You Should Care About Detroit's Art Crisis The Rubber Duck's New Permanent Home Is... More Good News For Burning Man! How Women Paved The Way For Abstraction LOOK: A Dark Take On Disney WATCH: Photoshop Genius Brings Vintage Photo Back To Life MoMA's Poet Laureate Spars With Colbert LOOK: Incredible Drawings Created With A Pen These Two People Are Total Strangers MoMA's Poet Laureate Spars With Colbert KAREN FRAGALA SMITH The Scent of Blue Jasmine Wafts Over the MoMA Serious actors, a few old-school comedians who've reinvented themselves, young beauties and some not-so-young beauties braved the rain and humidity to celebrate the New York premiere of Woody Allen's film, Blue Jasmine. Continue reading... ELIZABETH SOBIESKI For Elyse Part 2 -- Elyse Poppers is Paul Mccarthy's Muse "There was a brain flip sort of feeling in seeing myself from behind, the back of my neck, in person. It's a subtle enough detail that my brain recognized it as myself completely but then, wait a second, I am myself standing looking at it from a distance. It was a little out of body experience." Continue reading... ROBIN BRONK In the Belly of the (Congressional Budgeting) Beast Some politicians have been open about their intention to "starve the beast." Well, this week in Washington, we've seen the clearest indication yet of this "starve the beast" approach in action. It turns out, though, that the "beast" we're starving is our own children and our investments in their future. Continue reading... MALLORY YAEL SEEGAL Ugly I remember the points in time, like constellations, / when your hands were still warm / and the floating starships of your fists made galactic mist, / red dwarves to kiss my skin. Continue reading... CRAIG NEWMARK What Inspires Me: Leonard Cohen Customer service can really be corrosive, and it gets worse than the usual trolling and abuse. However, singer and poet Leonard Cohen really helps me get through the day, with a small but substantial assist from Dr Stephen T. Colbert, DFA. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003